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Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 21, 1956 (68)
Birthplace Paris, Tennessee, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jul 22, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. Having started her career in theatre as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in 1980, she then transitioned into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, ... including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005. Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Our Country's Good in 1991, A Moon for the Misbegotten in 2000, and The Glass Menagerie in 2014. Her most recent Broadway performance was in The Lifespan of a Fact in 2018. She is also known for her work on television with breakthrough roles as Barbara Layton in The West Wing and President Allison Taylor in 24 the latter of which won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2009. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Transparent in 2015 and earned two Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her roles in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale in 2019 and the HBO drama series Succession in 2020. Her film appearances include The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), The Beaver (2011), A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).

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The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere

2022

as Fiona

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021

as Rachel Grover

Becoming Helen Keller

Becoming Helen Keller

2021

as Helen Keller (voice)

Our Friend

Our Friend

2019

as Faith Pruett

Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn

2019

as Gabby Horowitz

Transparent: Musicale Finale

Transparent: Musicale Finale

2019

as Leslie Mackinaw

Wine Country

Wine Country

2019

as Lady Sunshine

A Rainy Day in New York

A Rainy Day in New York

2019

as Mrs. Welles

Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018

as Dr. Muldoon

The Party

The Party

2017

as Martha

I Saw the Light

I Saw the Light

2016

as Lillie Williams

Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

2015

as Ruth

Days and Nights

Days and Nights

2014

as Mary

The Beaver

The Beaver

2011

as Vice President

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

2011

as Mrs Rose Ahern

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009

as Sister Joanne

Amelia

Amelia

2009

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Swimmers

Swimmers

2005

as Julia Tyler

The Village

The Village

2004

as Mrs. Clack

Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve

2004

as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell

Miss America

Miss America

2002

as Narrator

Signs

Signs

2002

as Officer Paski

What Makes a Family

What Makes a Family

2001

as Sandy Cataldi

Cora Unashamed

Cora Unashamed

2000

as Lizbeth Studevant

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

2000

as Pamela Duncan

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

2000

as Edie Bailey

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question

1999

as Mimi Barnes

Murder in a Small Town

Murder in a Small Town

1999

as Mimi

Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

1999

as Hallie Flanagan

Out of the Past

Out of the Past

1998

as Annie Adams Fields (voice)

The Horse Whisperer

The Horse Whisperer

1998

as Liz Hammond

Julian Po

Julian Po

1997

as Lucy

Housesitter

Housesitter

1992

as Patty

Light of Day

Light of Day

1987

as Cindy Montgomery

The Big Town

The Big Town

1987

as Ginger McDonald

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

24

as Allison Taylor

Episodes: 49

First Aired: Nov 06, 2001

Awake

as Dr. Judith Evans

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Mar 01, 2012

Velma

as Victoria (voice)

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jan 12, 2023

Five Days at Memorial

as Susan Mulderick

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Aug 11, 2022

11.22.63

as Marquerite Oswald

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Feb 15, 2016

Defending Jacob

as Joanna Klein

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 24, 2020

Chimerica

as Mel Kincaid

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 17, 2019

Succession

as Nan Pierce

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 03, 2018

Transparent

as Leslie Mackinaw

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 26, 2014

The Handmaid's Tale

as Holly Maddox

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 26, 2017

Extrapolations

as President Elizabeth Burdick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 2023

The West Wing

as Barbara Layton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1999

Black Mirror

as Susan Taylor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 04, 2011

Frasier

as Janet (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1993

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1988

Portlandia

as Bridge Manager / New Mayor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 2011

Poker Face

as Laura

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2023

Clubhouse

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 26, 2004

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2024 6 15 21 13
2024 7 22 37 10
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2025 1 11 19 5
2025 2 8 15 1
2025 3 5 14 1
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2024 5 1128 1128
2024 6 285 79
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